Wearable Solar Panel Vest For Outdoor Workers

Anyone working long hours outdoors knows the burden that a glaring sun can take on the body. In Africa, Dominic Wanjihia has proposed a flexible, wearable solar panel vest to harness this energy for productive purposes.

Anyone working long hours outdoors knows the burden that a glaring sun can take on the body. In Africa, Dominic Wanjihia has proposed a flexible, wearable solar panel vest to harness this energy for productive purposes. While the vest is applicable to anyone who works outdoors, the user profile was built around “boda bodas,” the cyclists who transport people between immigration offices along the borders of African countries. In Kenya alone, there are an estimated 1.5 million boda bodas who work as early as 4:30am until 10pm at night.

Dominic describes the advantages the solar panel vest provides for an average boda boda operator: